It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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teddybear

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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vortex

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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kaisei

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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trash

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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kaisei2

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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plastic1

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch" target="_blank">Great Pacific Garbage Patch</a>. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/04/18/eco-art-chris-jordans-gyre/">Gyre</a>, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-worse-than-we-thought/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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turtle, kaisei, vortex, plastic

It's a rumor that we hoped would never be confirmed: at least 1,700 miles of plastic trash is floating in what is commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Up until this point, scientists only had a vague idea of the scope of the trash they would find in the North Pacific Gyre, a vortex where four ocean currents meet. Isolated patches have been reported by sailors and fishermen, but now researchers, sailors, journalists, and government officials on a nearly four-week journey through the gyre say that plastic shards and netting abound in a space bigger than the state of Texas....